TWIN brothers aged 20 and sons of a infamous Mexican drug trafficker have been arrested and extradited to Spain from Hungary.
Patricio and Pablo Lorenzo have been accused for allegedly belonging to a cell of the Sinaloa cartel in Barcelona, led by their father Pablo Lorenzo Ampudia Bernal.
The Policia Nacional mentioned the twins might have been concerned within the kidnapping and torture of a Serbian-Kosovar drug trafficker in a settling of scores that ended along with his execution and a bogus ransom demand from his household.
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They’re additionally accused of different crimes linked to the cartel together with cash laundering.
The faction- during which one other 13 folks of Mexican nationality have been members- seemed to import methamphetamine, ecstasy and marijuana into Spain by way of the ports of Barcelona and Tarragona.
The brothers have been flown to Madrid on a scheduled flight from Budapest on Tuesday.
The most recent arrests are a part of Operation Balkans, an ongoing investigation into the Sinaloa cartel and the way it established itself in Spain underneath a extremely refined operational construction.
Not like most kids of drug cartel bosses, Patricio and Pablo Lorenzo grew up among the many European elite.
Their mom, of Hungarian nationality, enrolled them in a prestigious and well-known college in Budapest, attended by kids of diplomats and businessmen.
Whereas their father ran drug trafficking operations from a Tarragona villa,, they led a lifetime of obvious normality, surrounded by luxurious and exclusivity, hopping between Mexico Metropolis, Barcelona and Budapest.
The brothers didn’t cover their wealth by way of their social media postings.
Each have been featured with high-end Lexus vehicles, designer garments, cigars, five-star lodges and references to cryptocurrency accounts with alleged million-dollar transactions.
The Policia Nacional mentioned they weren’t simply heirs to their father’s empire, however energetic members within the methamphetamine distribution community, with many duties delegated to them.
The cell acquired drug shipments impregnated in numerous supplies from Mexico, which have been then processed in clandestine laboratories in Catalunya earlier than being distributed internationally, together with so far as Australia.
